For City Council Meeting [January 8, 2019]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Ahmad Ansari, Interim City Administrator
Sean Grayson, Interim City Administrator
FROM: Lucy M. Garcia, Director of Human Resources & Risk Management
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Request City Council to Introduce for First Reading of Ordinance No. 1612 entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RIALTO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE RIALTO MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 2.50.060 (AMENDING ORDINANCE 1591) REGARDING COMPETITIVE SERVICE" reading by title only and waiving further reading thereof.
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BACKGROUND:
Rialto Municipal Code (RMC) Section 2.50.060 provides that the provisions of Chapter 2.50 apply to all offices, positions and employment in the service of the City, except those listed therein. On July 11, 2017, the City Council amended Ordinance 1591, which designates the City's positions exempt from competitive service, to apply to Department Heads hired following the effective date of the revised Ordinance. As at-will positions, the employees serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority and may be terminated from employment at any time without cause and without the right of appeal or hearing.
On November 13, 2018, under Resolution No. 7408, the City Council authorized the addition of a Community Compliance (Code Enforcement) Manager into the City's Classification Plan. Pursuant to this approval, the Council directed the position-a mid-management (non-represented) position-- be designated as at-will. In order to formalize this designation, the position must be added to the list of positions exempt from competitive service under Ordinance 1591.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION:
This designation of the Community Compliance Manager as at-will does not affect the rights of other mid-managers; rather, the at-will employment status only applies to Community Compliance Manager. Staff has advised the Rialto Mid Management Association of the City's intent to establish this new position as at-will. The b...
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